The pigeon, the antenna and me: Robert Wilson
Nature Video
English - October 21, 2015 16:00 - 4 minutes - 27.3 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingScience nature lindau science medicine scientist biology chemistry physics astronomy neuroscience Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Radioastronomer Robert Wilson recalls a pair of pigeons who almost thwarted the discovery of cosmic background radiation. Wilson’s discovery of cosmic background radiation, “the echo of the big bang”, earned him a share of the 1978 Nobel Prize in physics.